European Pellets Conference
Pellets are a CO2 neutral and convenient fuel with a rapidly growing market share, and are a key technology for increasing biomass use. Building upon the success of last years event, the conference will provide information on technology, innovation and market trends.
| Date: | 2-3 March 2005 |
| Venue: | Stadthalle Wels, Austria |
| Registration: | please register before 18 Februar 2005 |
| Languages: | German, English, Italian |
| Costs: | 200 Euro for the whole WORLD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DAYS (for fulltime students 50 Euro) |
| Organisation & conference office: | O.Ă. Energiesparverband LandstraĂe 45, 4020 Linz, Austria Tel. +43/732/7720-14380 Fax +43/732/7720-14383 office [AT] esv.or [DOT] at |
Programme
2 March, 2005
| Opening of the WORLD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DAYS | |
| 9.00 | Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Environment & Energy, Upper Austria |
| Pellets Markets and Technologies | |
| 10.10 | Pellets markets in Europe Christiane Egger, O.Ă. Energiesparverband, Austria |
| 10.30 | The role of bioenergy in Europe until 2020 |
| 10.50 | Pellets technologies - an overview |
| 11.10 | Discussion/Coffee break |
| 11.45 | Round-Table: Trends on important pellets markets Austria: |
| 13.10 | Lunch |
| 14.40 | Parallel Sessions: |
| 17.30 | Diskussion/Session-Ende |
| 19.30 | Evening event |
| Session 1: Markets & Marketing | |
| 14.40 | Pellets - a sustainable solution for VÀstra Götaland |
| 14.55 | Wood pellets in the RhÎne-Alpes region Reinhard Six, RhÎnalpénergie-Environnement, France |
| 15.10 | The Estonian pellets market starts to move Aili Liib, Estonian Biofuel Association, Estonia |
| 15.25 | Pellets and briquettes on the Brazil market José Dilcio Rocha, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil |
| 15.45 | Discussion/Coffee Break |
| 16.30 | Subsidies as an instrument for market introduction Christof Stein, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany |
| 16.45 | The "Pellet Roadmap and Pellet Roadshow" |
| 17.00 | The wood pellets radio campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia Beate Schmidt, Landesinitiative Zukunftsenergien NRW, Germany |
| 17.15 | The views of pellets users, suppliers and other stakeholders Reinhold Priewasser, Institut fĂŒr Betriebliche & Regionale Umweltwirtschaft, University of Linz, Austria |
| 17.30 | What do Swedish home owners think about pellets heating systems? Leif Gustavsson, Ekoteknik, Sweden |
| 17.45 | Discussion/Session end |
| Session 2: Pellets Production & Technology Trends | |
| 14.40 | Pellets production from fresh wood - a technical challenge |
| 14.55 | A high-performance pellets production Johannes Schörkhuber, ĂkowĂ€rme Holding GmbH, Austria |
| 15.10 | Quality assurance for pellets Christian Langheinrich, Institut fĂŒr Energetik und Umwelt GmbH, Germany |
| 15.25 | From tree to heating - innovative logistics solutions MĂ„rten Zakrisson, TallOil AB, Sweden |
| 15.45 | Discussion/Coffee break |
| 16.30 | Optimising pellets boilers by CFD analysis Robert Scharler, BIOS Bioenergiesysteme GmbH, Austria |
| 16.45 | Large-scale production and use of pellets |
| 17.00 | Energy performance contracting for wood pellets installations Jörg BaumgÀrtner, EGS-plan, Germany |
| 17.15 | Practical experience with pellets boilers between 200 and 2,000 kW Harald Breuer, Hestia Service GmbH, Germany |
| 17.30 | Discussion/Session end |
3 March, 2005
| Pellets Innovation | |
| 9.00 | Steering instruments for pellets markets |
| 9.20 | Pellets R&D in Europe - an overview |
| 9.40 | Biomass and stirling engines |
| 10.00 | Ensuring quality of wood and pellet combustion Leopold Lasselsberger, Federal Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Austria |
| 10.20 | Pellets production from short rotation forestry Mariusz Stolarski, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland |
| 10.40 | Agro-Pellets: market opportunities in Southern Europe Norbert N. Vasen, ETA, Italy |
| 11.00 | Discussion/Coffee break |
| Success with Pellets | |
| 12.00 | High-tech pellets boilers for mass production |
| 12.15 | From pioneer to a leading company Herbert Ortner, ĂkoFEN Forschungs- und Entwicklungs GmbH, Austria |
| 12.30 | From sheet metal to pellets boiler - innovative boiler production in Austria |
| 12.45 | The new generation of pellets heating systems Martin Burgholzer, Fröling Heizkessel- und BehÀlterbau GmbH, Austria |
| 13.00 | Conference end |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
